If you are taking any medications on this list, they should be discontinued two weeks prior to surgery and only Tylenol should be taken for pain. Please inform your doctor of all medications which you are taking. It is important that each medication you take is specifically approved by your doctor.
Aspirin Medications to Avoid
- 4-Way Cold Tabs
- 5-Aminosalicylic Acid
- Acetilsalicylic Acid
- Adprin-B products
- Alka-Seltzer products
- Amigesic
- Anacin products
- Anexsia w/Codine
- Argesic-SA
- Arthra-G
- Arthriten products
- Arthritis Foundation products
- Arthritis Pain Formula
- Arthritis Strength BC Powder
- Arthropan
- ASA
- Asacol
- Ascriptin products
- Aspergum Azdone
- Asprimox products
- Axotal
- Azulfidine products
- B-A-C
- Backache Maximum Strength Relief
- Bayer Products
- BC Powder
- Bismatrol products
- Buffered Aspirin
- Bufferin products
- Buffetts 11
- Buffex
- Butal/ASA/Caff
- Butalbital Compound
- Cama Arthritis Pain Reliever\
- Carisoprodol Compound
- Cheracol
- Choline Magnesium Trisalicylate
- Choline Salicylate
- Cope
- Coricidin
- Cortisone Medications
- Damason-P
- Darvon Compound-65
- DarvonIASA
- Dipentum
- Disalcid
- Doan's product
- Dolobid
- Dristan
- Duragesic
- Easprin
- Ecotrin products Excedrin products
- Empirin products
- Equagesic
- Fiorgen PF
- Fiorinal products
- Gelpirin
- Genprin
- Gensan
- Goody’s Extra Strength Headache Powders
- Halfrin products
- Isollyl Improved
- Kaodene
- Lanorinal
- Lortab ASA
- Magan Magsal
- Magnaprin products
- Magnesium Salicylate Marthritic
- Marnal
- Meprobamate
- Mesalamine
- Methocarbamol
- Micrainin
- Mobidin
- Mobigesic
- Momentum
- Mono-Gesic
- Night-Time Effervescent Cold
- Norgesic products
- Norwich products
- Olsalazine
- Orphengesic products
- Oxycodone
- Pabalate products
- P-A-C
- Pain Reliever Tabs
- Panasal
- Pentasa
- Pepto-Bismol
- Percodan products
- Phenaphenl Codeine #3
- Pink Bismuth
- Propoxyphene Compound products
- Robaxisal
- Rowasa
- Roxeprin
- Saleto products
- Salfiex
- Salicylate products
- Salsalate
- Salsitab
- Scot-Tussin Original 5-Action
- Sine-off
- Sinutab
- Sodium Salicylate
- Sodol Compound
- Soma Compound
- St. Joseph Aspirin
- Sulfasalazine
- Supac
- Suprax
- Synalgos-DC
- Taiwin
- Triaminicin
- Tricosal
- Trilisate
- Tussanil DR
- Tussirex products
- Ursinus-Inlay
- Vanquish
- Wesprin
- Willow Bark products
- Zorprin
Ibuprofen Medications to Avoid
- Actron
- Acular (opthalmic)
- Advil products
- Aleve
- Anaprox products
- Ansaid
- Cataflam
- Clinoril
- Daypro
- Diclofenac
- Dimetapp Sinus
- Dristan Sinus
- Etodolac
- Feldene
- Fenoprofen
- Flurbiprofen
- Genpril
- Haltran
- IBU
- Ibuprin
- Ibuprofen
- Indochron E-R
- Indocin products
- Indomethacin products
- Ketoprofen
- Ketorolac
- lbuprohm
- Lodine
- Meclofenamate
- Meclomen
- Mefenamic Acid
- Menadol
- Midol products
- Motrin products
- Nabumetone
- Nalfon products
- Naprelan
- Naprosyn products
- Naprox X
- Naproxen
- Nuprin
- Ocufen (opthalmic)
- Orudis products
- Oruvail
- Oxaprozin
- Piroxicam
- Ponstel
- Profenal
- Relafen
- Rhinocaps
- Sine-Aid products
- Sulindac
- Suprofen
- Tolectin products
- Tolmetin
- Toradol
- Voltaren
Tricyclic Antidepressants Medications to Avoid
- Adapin
- Amitriptyline
- Amoxapine
- Anafranil
- Asendin
- Aventyl
- Clomipramine
- Desipramine
- Doxepin
- Elavil
- Endep
- Etrafon products
- Imipramine
- Janimine
- Limbitrol products
- Ludiomil
- Maprotiline
- Norpramin
- Nortriptyline
- Pamelor
- Pertofrane
- Protriptyline
- Sinequan
- Surmontil
- Tofranil
- Triavil
- Trimipramine
- Vivactil
Other Medications to Avoid
- 4-Way w/ Codeine
- A.C.A.
- A-A Compound
- Accutrim
- Actifed
- Anexsia
- Anisindione
- Anturane
- Arthritis Bufferin
- BC Tablets
- Childrens Advil
- Clinoril C
- Contac
- Coumadin
- Dalteparin injection
- Dicumerol
- Dipyridamole
- Doxycycline
- Emagrin
- Enoxaparin injection
- Flagyl
- Fragmin injection
- Furadantin
- Garlic
- Heparin
- Hydrocortisone
- Isollyl
- Lovenox injection
- Macrodantin
- Mellaril
- Miradon
- Opasal
- Pan-PAC
- Pentoxyfylline
- Persantine
- Phenyipropanolamine
- Prednisone
- Protamine
- Pyrroxate
- Ru-Tuss
- Salatin
- Sinex
- Sofarin
- Soltice
- Sparine
- Stelazine
- Sulfinpyrazone
- Tenuate
- Tenuate Dospan
- Thorazine
- Ticlid
- Ticlopidine
- Trental
- Ursinus
- Vibramycin
- Vitamin E
- Warfarin
Herbal Medications to Avoid
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Ginseng
- St. Johns Wort
